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Bust of Warrior

HADB 426Inv. KM 62.3.30, NKM 04.3.84Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Bust of Warrior, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān68

Description

This warrior in a Atlas-like position is headless. Dressed in a short-sleeved tunic with chevron pleats at the collar, slightly bulging, he brandishes a short sword, a kind of dagger, in his right hand and protects himself with a circular shield in the other.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 68

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

KM 62.3.30, NKM 04.3.84

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 464, K.p. Ha. 1315.382-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 111 b-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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